''The Hospital'' () is a 2006

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starring

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and Tang Zhiping. It was produced by Yang Ming International Production (揚名國際影視) and directed by Cài Yuè Xun (). The series comprises thirty-nine 60-minute episodes (including commercial time) and was broadcast on free-to-air China Television (CTV) (中視) from 15 August 2006 to 6 October 2006, Mondays to Fridays at 20:00. The story of ''The Hospital'' is based on the 2000

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of the same title by

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author Hou Wenyong (侯文詠). It depicts the power struggle and prestige in a national

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-affiliated

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in Taiwan, as well as the human relations within the community. Due to the resemblances in the title and story setting, Hou's novel is often compared alongside the

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novel ''

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'', written by

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.Although both stories deal extensively with power struggles and various abuses in the public research university hospital system, ''The Hospital'' spends more space on the personal relations of the irresolute

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amid various

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predicaments, whereas Yamasaki's ''Shiroi Kyotō'' climaxes with a

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involving

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committed by the ambitious protagonist and reflects more philosophically on the vocation of a medical practitioner against personal success. Both works have been adapted into television series in

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. In 2007, the drama was nominated for eight awards at the 42nd

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and won Best Director in a Television Series and Best Supporting Actor.

Cast

Hospital staff

(言承旭) as Su Yihua (蘇怡華),

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,Names of characters, as well as actors/actresses in a leading

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, are shown in

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in this list. the

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of the story,

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at the National United University

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(NUUSM;

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al) and

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at its affiliated hospital (聯大醫院, NUUH; fictional), takes no interest in the hospital's internal politics but eventually becomes a tool used by others to bring down his mentor, Tang Guotai *

(戴立忍) as Qiu Qingcheng (邱慶成), M.D., professor at the NUUSM and deputy director of the NUUH Surgery Department, sides with the peremptory Tang Guotai when Tang is in power but then joins Xu Daming to purge Tang's influence in the department after Tang's sudden stroke attack *

(張鈞甯) as Guan Xin (關欣), M.D.,

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at the NUUH and later director of the NUUH Anesthesia Department, Su Yihua's lover who eventually parts with him as she escapes from the power struggles in the hospital *

(張國柱) as Xu Daming (徐大明), M.D., professor at the NUUSM and director of the NUUH Department of Internal Medicine, arch rival to Tang Guotai and winner for the appointment of superintendent to the hospital, later

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of Su Yihua *

(吳孟達) as Tang Guotai (唐國泰), M.D., professor at the NUUSM and director of the NUUH Surgery Department, teacher and tormentor of Su Yihua who suffers a stroke when he learns his loss in the bid for hospital superintendency to Xu Daming * Tang Zhiping (唐治平) as Chen Kuan (陳寬), M.D., assistant professor at the NUUSM and surgeon at the NUUH, friend of Su Yihua who fails in his bid for associate professorship due to Tang Guotai's persecution and dies of

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shortly afterwards * Zhang Fujian * Huang Ruobai *

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* Emma Ni * Liu Renzo *

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* Tang Kehua *

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* Huang Zongyou * Kelly Mi

Family members of the staff

* Josephine Blankstein (許安安) as Xu Cuifeng (徐翠鳳), daughter of Xu Daming who eventually marries Su Yihua * Hsiu Chieh-kai (修杰楷) as Liao Qishu (廖其書), a

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doctor who eventually marries Guan Xin *

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* Yang Wenwen * Zhang Kui * Shen Shihua * Hong Cen * Ke Shuqin * Jian Peien * Wu Yanxuan * Qiu Naihua

Patients and their relations

* Saya as Liu Xinping (劉心萍), patient and admirer of Su Yihua whose hospitalization is highly publicized due to her

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as the President's daughter * Liang Xiushen (梁修身) as the President (fictional character), Liu Xinping's

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* Deng An'ning * Lin Liyang * Shen Hairong * Xiang Liwen * Cai Mijie

Other roles

* Kris Phillips (費翔) as Juang Mingzhe (莊明哲), M.D., former professor at the NUUSM and surgeon at the NUUH, Kuan Xin's lover when she was a student *

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(楊謹華) as Ma Yifen (馬懿芬), television

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who develops an

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with Qiu Qingcheng * Yao Daiwei * Tender Huang * Tao Chuanzheng

Music

* Opening theme song: "你是我唯一的执着" (You Are My Only Persistence) by

- released on '' My Secret Lover'' * End theme song "曾經太年輕" (Too Young) by Shadya ( 藍又時)

Books

* The Hospital Photobook / 白色巨塔寫真書 -

International broadcasts

*Thailand: Channel 3 - 17 August 2007. It broadcast every Friday at 23:00. * Japan:

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- October 2007. It was the first

broadcast in Japan. * Philippines:

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ABS-CBN's UHF Channel - 5 October 2009

Awards and nominations

2007 - 42nd Golden Bell Awards (金鐘獎), TaiwanAzio TV winners and nominations list
Retrieved 2010-12-04 * Nominated: ''The Hospital'' for Best Television Series * Nominated:

for Best Actor * Nominated:

(吳孟達) for Best Supporting Actor * Awarded:

(張國柱) for Best Supporting Actor

was nominated for and incorrectly announced as the winner of the 2007 Best Supporting Actor at the 42nd Golden Bell Awards, hence both he and fellow actor are both listed as winners. * Nominated: Saya (張惠春) for Best Supporting Actress * Nominated: Cheryl Yang (楊謹華) for Best Supporting Actress * Nominated: 吳洛纓、彭盛青 for Best Writing for a Television Series * Awarded: Cài Yuè Xun () for Best Director in a Television Series

Notes

References

External links

*
CTV The Hospital official homepage
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ETTV The Hospital official homepage
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hospital, The Taiwanese drama television series China Television original programming 2006 Taiwanese television series debuts 2006 Taiwanese television series endings Taiwanese medical television series Television shows based on Taiwanese novels Television shows written by Luo Ying Wu